Excited for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day!
Even though our next edition is coming out on Monday, I wanted to send this bonus edition in time for Earth Day today. Whether you want to learn about eco-friendly yarns or discover some fantastic free knitting and crochet patterns for this celebration, I’ve rounded up some planet conscious crafting content just for you. This is a topic I’m passionate about so there are quite a few articles, old and new, to choose from. Leave a comment on this post to let me know which is your favourite!
I hope this edition can provide some inspiration and tips for your future makes. If you like this newsletter, be sure to share this post with your crafty friends too!
Free Patterns for Earth Day
Is it even a real celebration if I don’t have a list of free knitting and crochet patterns to commemorate it? This Earth Day, you can take part by doing what you love: making! Whether you want a novelty planet themed make, an eco-conscious creation to incorporate into your life, or some cute and cuddly creatures to help teach your little ones about the ocean, I hope you find a fun project to take away from this collection.
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3 Things: Ways to Upcycle Your Wardrobe
Upcycling is an important tool that helps extend the lifetime of your belongings, whether it involves repairing old clothes to make them last longer or adding your own designs to garments to make them more original. In a world where fast fashion wants you to buy new clothes every season, upcycling or making your own clothes can interrupt the cycle and bring slow fashion to the forefront. It allows you to turn old clothes into something new and get more wear out of them than you may have done otherwise. Here are 3 ways you can give it a go!
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A Guide to Sustainable Yarn
There are several factors that must be weighed up in order to determine whether a yarn is eco friendly. Whether it is made with recycled fibres or plastic bottles, processed with a significant amount of water, or has a large carbon footprint, we have to take it all into consideration. In this article I’m going to talk you through our recycled yarns and provide tips for matching them to the right projects.
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Yarn Corner: Second Chance Recycled DK
Here at Babes in the Wool, we’re always looking for ways to encourage crafters to make sustainable choices when it comes to their hobbies. In recent years, recycled yarns have really taken off, and we’ve made a commitment as a small business to stock as many of these yarns as possible. Recycled yarn seems to get better and better with each new range that is released, and the latest collection from James C. Brett certainly delivers on this. Since it arrived in store, nearly every customer who has picked it up for a feel has ended up leaving with some! Here’s why…
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Maker Spotlight: Woolwala
Earth Day is always the perfect time to revisit one of my favourite maker interviews! Woolwala is an Instagram account I thought In the Wool subscribers would be very interested to read about. With thought provoking posts and eco friendly craft tips, I’m very happy to introduce Eshani, the talent behind Woolwala, who was kind enough to sit down and share her thoughts with us.
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The Dogfish Diaries
Whenever I think about eco-friendly crafting, Dogfish always pops into my mind. This project relates to Earth Day, not just with its recycled materials but with its origin story. Once upon a time, I put together a social media post about recycled yarns made from plastic bottles and used Earth Day hashtags to join in the celebration online; this post led Rita Reed, the author of Dogfish Tales, to discover our shop. I owe this entire Dogfish project to Earth Day! Even after all this time, Dogfish is still my favourite creation, and completing a project using only recycled materials was a transformative challenge for my craft.